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Encyclopedia > Eurocopter Fennec
AS 550/AS 555 Fennec
The Fennec
Type Light multipurpose helicopter
Manufacturer Aérospatiale
Eurocopter
Primary user France
Developed from Eurocopter Ecureuil

The Fennec is a single-engined, light-weight, multipurpose helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. Based on the Eurocopter Ecureuil series, it is named after the Fennec, a small fox found in the Sahara Desert of North Africa which has distinctive oversized ears. The armed version can be fitted with coaxial weapons, and a small number of rockets. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 587 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 939 pixel, file size: 491 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Author: da:Bruger:Pajx Source: da:Billede:Fennec-DK-01. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... The Aérospatiale Corvette first flew in 1970 and went into service in 1974. ... The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French Aérospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). ... The Eurocopter Ecureuil (Squirrel) is a single-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... hi A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French Aérospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). ... The Eurocopter Ecureuil (Squirrel) is a single-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... // Binomial name Vulpes zerda (Zimmermann, 1780) The Fennec is a small fox found in the Sahara Desert of North Africa (excluding the coast) which has distinctive oversized ears. ... The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided politically from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

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Variants

Single engine

  • AS 550C2 Fennec
  • AS 550U2 Fennec

Twin engine

  • AS 555N Fennec
  • AS 555AF Fennec
  • AS 555AN Fennec (armed military version)
  • AS 555SN Fennec (naval military version)
  • AS 555UN Fennec

Operators

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Specifications

External links

  • Official webpage
  • AS 550 Fennec

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Eurocopter Group - Free net encyclopedia (209 words)
Image:Eurocopter.png The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French AГ©rospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA).
As a consequence of the merger of the Eurocopter Group's former parents, the firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS.
Eurocopter also pioneered the use of the 'fenestron' - an enclosed tail-rotor, which is more efficient and safer than the exposed version.
Eurocopter (210 words)
Formed by the merger of the helicopter divisions of Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) from Germany and Aerospatiale from France in the early 90s, the group is now a subsidiary owned 100% by EADS (European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Company), one of the three largest aerospace groups in the world.
Eurocopter is a world’s leader helicopter manufacturer in terms of turnover.
Eurocopter sold a total of 272 new helicopters in 1998, as well as 60 pre-owned models.
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